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Periodically heavy rains Sunday forced a one-week postponement of the annual Community Picnic presented by the Family Worship Center of Carrollton.

The event had been scheduled for Sunday afternoon at the Carroll County Fair Grounds. Rain clouds that swept through the Ohio River valley Sunday dumped 2.7 inches of precipitation on Carrollton, according the Carrollton Kentucky Mesonet weather station.

“At 9:30 Sunday morning it was obvious it wasn’t going to work,” Pastor Pat Butcher said. He said the church will try to hold the event this Sunday.

The Carrollton Police Department is investigating a series of break-ins that occurred during the weekend at area businesses.

Most of the break-ins were discovered as business owners arrived to open for business on Monday morning, according to Assistant Chief Steve Abbott, who with Patrolman Tim Gividen, responded to the dispatches.

The first call came in at 6:15 a.m., from NAPA Auto Parts at 618 Highland Avenue, Abbott said. A back door to the business had been forced open. It was discovered that about $300 had been taken from the cash register.

The Carrollton Lions Club is sponsoring its first 5K run and walk on Saturday morning, September 26, on Lock Road, starting and ending at the south entrance of General Butler State Resort Park.

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. at the park’s south entrance. Entry forms were printed on Page 18 of last week’s issue of The News-Democrat. The $15 entry fee includes a t-shirt, refreshments, music and medals for the top three finishers in eight categories. The fastest male and fastest female will receive trophies. Checks should be made out to Carrollton Lions Club.

The Carroll County Tobacco Festival returns to downtown Carrollton this week as the event marks its 61st year this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

The 2009 festival includes music, food, a carnival, parade, beauty pageants, vendor booths and fun and games for the entire family. The three day festival also includes a look back at the community’s farming heritage and more in the agritourism tent.

Carroll County’s Head Start program will shift to a temporary location and likely move to half-day programs for students as the Board of Education moves forward with construction set for Cartmell Elementary School.

The plans were discussed during the Sept. 10 meeting of the Carroll County Board of Education. Construction at Cartmell is expected to begin in January.

Carroll County and the local health district have taken steps to prepare for H1N1 influenza, commonly called swine flu.

During the Sept. 8 meeting of Carroll County Fiscal Court, County Judge Executive Harold “Shorty” Tomlinson distributed to the magistrates a handout from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services which stated a strain of influenza A (H1N1) began spreading among people last spring. It is commonly called swine flu because it is of swine origin.

The Trimble Banner Area residents are not sold on a reconstruction plan proposed for the Milton-Madison Bridge project. Officials are working on a plan to remove the superstructure of the bridge and build a new superstructure on the existing piers. If transportation officials from Kentucky and Indiana manage to get federal stimulus funding